Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Firmin René Desloge (17 February 1803, in Nantes, France – 20 July 1856, in Potosi, Missouri) was a U.S. businessman who founded lead mines and other mercantile businesses. [1] He was the progenitor of the Desloge Family in America , whose Missouri business interests included fur trading, hardware, clothing, lead mining, smelting and ore ...
The family's businesses in lead and mercantile in Missouri date from around 1824, when Firmin Rene Desloge built his own smelting furnace as an extension of his Potosi, Missouri, mercantile business. They grew to include the Missouri Lead Mining and Smelting Company in 1874 and the Desloge Lead Company in 1876, inclusively one of the largest ...
The Desloge Consolidated Lead Company built and operated a hospital to serve the miners and local community located in Desloge, Missouri on Fir Street. [19] The lengthy Desloge family association with this hospital is the catalyst to Firmin V. Desloge II donating to fund Firmin Desloge Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. [20]
In 1822, Desloge's father, Firmin René Desloge, came to America from France to work with his uncle Jean Ferdinand Rozier from Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. [2] [3]Born August 30, 1843, in Potosi, Missouri, the young Desloge received his early education in the public schools at Potosi, where the family businesses included fur trading, distilling, and mining.
The city was founded by Firmin V. Desloge II, son of Firmin René Desloge, who migrated from France, settled in Potosi, and began the Desloge Family in America. [4] Firmin V. Desloge II learned about mining from his father and acquired many claims in the area of what is today Desloge and Bonne Terre. A Desloge developed one of his claims just ...
Firmin Desloge may refer to: Firmin René Desloge (1803–1856), American industrialist; Firmin V. Desloge (1843–1929), American industrialist, son of Firmin René ...
Firmin René Desloge; Firmin V. Desloge; Desloge, Missouri; F. Firmin Desloge Hospital; P. Park 'N Fly This page was last edited on 23 December 2020, at 06:16 (UTC). ...
The Desloge lead mining business, Desloge Lead Company (later Desloge Consolidated Lead Company) was eventually relocated to Bonne Terre, and eventually Desloge, by Firmin V. Desloge. [9] [10] Potosi was designated county seat in 1814. [11] Potosi is also home to the oldest standing Presbyterian church west of the Mississippi River.